Face it — eating carbs is making you ugly, new study says
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Hey, pizza face!
Bad news for New Yorkers — we really are what we eat, scientists say.
New research out of another carb capital — baguette-loving France — reveals that the opposite sex finds a person’s face less attractive after they’ve eaten refined carbohydrate-filled foods.
The unappetizing findings, published in the journal “Plos One,” invited 104 heterosexual men and women to test their thesis — over breakfast.
Some participants dined on a high-carb menu, while others were offered a low-glycemic alternative.
Two hours after the meal, photos of the subjects were taken and handed out, with volunteers asked to rate each other’s curb appeal.
![Carb consumption can actually make your face look less appealing, says a new study.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/iStock-533609591.jpg?w=1024)
Those who ate the carbs — men and women — were given lower facial attractiveness scores across the board.
Those who wrote in their survey that they typically eat high-carb breakfasts and snacks also tanked in the ratings.
Researchers at the University of Montpellier say the next step is a much larger sample size, in order to better understand why foods impact how our faces look.
![Be mindful who you eat carbs around. They may literally look at you differently.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/iStock-187048329.jpg?w=1024)
“Facial attractiveness, an important factor of social interactions, seems to be impacted by immediate and chronic refined carbohydrate consumption in men and women,” the authors said.